ALLESTREE (Richard):

The Ladies Calling In Two Parts. By the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, &c. The Eighth Impression.

Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1705. 8vo, 189 x 120 mms., pp. [xxiv], 270 [271 Contents, 272 blank], engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title-page, attractively bound in Oxford panelled red morocco, gilt rules on spine; front joint slightly cracked, but a very good copy. The Church of England clergyman Richard Allestree (1621/2–1681) joined the royalist forces in 1642 and managed to keep his academic post at Oxford until 1648. After the restoration in 1660 he was restored to a powerful position in Oxford and was a serious scholar and conscientious lecturer. He published The Whole Duty of Man in 1657 and The Gentleman's Calling in 1660. The Ladies Calling was published in 1673 and is, astonishingly, not mentioned in the ODNB entry on Allestree. "It is always dangerous to ascribe considerable influence and significance to a particular text in the emergence of an ideology but the publication of Richard Allestree's The Ladies Calling in 1673 seems to have a real claim to be a signal moment in the creation of modern English femininity.... The appeal of the book undoubtedly lay in its exceptional clarity and well organised framework of exposition. It discussed what was required of women from the upper ranks of society - the class motive is pervasive - firstly in 'five general qualifications, duties, and ornaments of women' and secondly with regard to the 'respective duties' and 'peculiar cautions' of the three stages of a woman's life" (Anthony J. Fletcher: Gender, Sex, and Subordination in England, 1500 - 1800 [1999]).

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CHESTERFIELD (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of):

Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners: Or, A New System of Education, In which the Principles of Politeness, The Art of acquiring a Knowledge of the World With every Instruction necessary to form a Man of Honour, Virtue, Taste, and Fashion, are laid down in A Plain, Easy, Familiar Manner, adapted to every station and capacity. The whole arranged on A Plan Entirely New. [AND]: The Polite Philosopher; or, An Essay on the Art which makes a man Happy in himself and agreeable to others. A New Edition.

London: Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater..., 1792. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 180, continuous collation and pagination for both works, with divisional title-page for "Polite Philosopher" following p. 118, contemporary sheepskin; no end-papers, rubbed and worn, joints holding on for dear life, most of spine missing with cords exposed. Provenance: "John Burdett's and Burdett's [sic] Book March 17th 1804 Saxmundham Suffolk" on front paste-down end-paper. The first edition with this title was published in Edinburgh in 1775, and ESTC locates another 34 others, though the first to include The Polite Philosopher was in 1782. ESTC distinguishes between two editions with this date and imprint: as above, T222935 (BL only), and T214375 (ZDU), with different pagination (18mo: [2], vii, [1], 184p) and The Polite Philosopher on the primary title-page.

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[COMENIUS (Johann Amos)]:

Porta linguarum, trilinguis reserata & aperta: ive Seminarium linguarum & scientiarum omnium. Hoc est, compendiaria Latinam, Anglicam, Gallicam (& quamvis aliam) linguam unà cum artium & scientiarum fundamentis sesquianni spatio ad summum docendi & perdiscendi methodus, sub titulis 100 periodis 1058. comprehensa. Latinè primùm. Nunc verò gratitudinis ergò, in illustrissimi principis Caroli, Britannicæq[ue]; Gallicæ & Hybernicæ pubis gratiam, Latinè, Anglicè, & Gallicè in lucem eruta. Quarta editio. Opera studio & elucubratione Ioh. Anchorani, Theol. Licentiati.

Londini, Excudebat Edvardus Griffin, Sumptibus Michaelis Sparke, 1640. 8vo, 171 x 107 mms., pp. [xxiv], 211 [212 blank, 213 - 214 index], [66 "Clavis ad Portam," name obscured with ink on title-page.with separate title-page in English, dated 1739 following Latin, "The Gate of Tongues unlocked and opened...," garishly rebound in quarter red-brown morocco, title in gilt on spine, Cockerell boards. The Czech philosopher John Amos Comenius (1592 - 1670) was an important educator and theologian in 17th century Europe, one of his innovations being that of using native language and graphics for school textbooks rather than Latin. "Comenius's Janua linguarum was one of the most successful pedagogical works of the seventeenth century. Initially published in 1631, it was soon translated into a number of European languages, and quickly came to the attention of Samuel Hartlib, who began a correspondence with Comenius in 1632, and published several of his works. Hartlib was unable to obtain the profits of John Anchoran's English-Latin-French edition of 1633 for Comenius, but was more closely involved in the bilingual English-Latin edition of Thomas Horne (1610–54), published in 1636. Horne's translation was revised by John Robotham and by 'W. D.', whom Anthony Wood identified as William Dugard (Athenae Oxonienses, vol. 2, p.106), and went through a total of ten editions by 1659. Originally intended as a first reader, for teaching Latin and the vernacular, the Janua linguarum evolved into a thesaurus, many parts of which were devoted to practical information about daily life and the natural world. It was structured into one hundred chapters, each on a different theme, originally made up of one thousand sentences which drew on about eight thousand of the most common Latin words. As it expanded, the linguistic content of the Janua linguarum became more complex, but its careful philosophical structure was preserved. This began with the creation of the four elements, and the nature of the earth, plants and animals, and moved on to human anatomy and physiology before discussing rustic and mechanical arts, philosophy, civil society, and, finally, religion and divine providence" (The Tower Catalogue Number 39, mhs.ox.ac.uk).

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[DARRELL (William)]:

The Gentleman Instructed, In the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life. In Three Parts. Written for the Instruction of a Young Nobleman. To which is added, A Word to the Ladies, by way of Supplement to the First Part. The Sixth Edition.

London, Printed by J. Heptinstall for E. Smith..., 1716. 8vo, 190 X 110, pp. [xxii], 584, contemporary panelled calf; front joint cracked, top and base of spine chipped, other general wear to binding; a fair copy. William Darrell (1651–1721) "entered the Society of Jesus on 7 September 1671. He entered the novice college at Watten in November 1672, and studied philosophy at the English College, Liège, from 1673 to 1675" (ODNB). He was a bit of a polemical author, but his most popular and enduring work, The Genleman Instructed, first published in 1702, was perfectly in tune with the climate of opinion and the received mores of the early 18th century. It is in this work when the student of 18th century literature will encounter the assertion that it was Hobbes's wit which contributed to his "atheism," and in the present work it is young Theomachus who "once intoxicated with Atheistical Wit...was soon bewitch'd with Atheisical Arguments." Small wonder that witty writers, however innocent, were considered dangeroous.

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DE KRUSENSTERN (Alexandre):

Precis du Systeme, Des Progres et de l'Etat de l'Instruction Publique en Russie Redige d'apres des Documents Officiels.

Varsovie. de l'Imprimerie de la Banque de Pologne, 1837. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Tall 8vo, 250 x 162 mms., pp, [ii], iii [iv blank], 426 [427 - 428 Appendix, 429 - 432 index, 433 Errata, 434 blank], original printed wrappers, uncut and mostly unopened; library stamp on front cover and title-page, edges a bit soiled, but a very good copy. Krusenstern (1807 - 1888), son of the famous Russian admiral, worked in Russia's ministry of foreign affairs; he published this book on Russian education to correct the errors that he found in the expositions of foreign correspondents about Russia. The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal for 1839 reviewed it at length (18 pages), noting that it is the result of solid research among obscure documents and resources: "These considerations would suffice to stamp this literary production as the work of a partisan, and consequently little worthy of our notice, if the author had not had the good sense to resort for support to official documents, and further the extraordinary courage to attempt to sum up in figures an abstract of the propagation of knowledge in his country." The reviewer notes that Krusenstern has found that civilization in Europe has been the "necessary consequence of the force of things," while in Russia, it is the "work of government." Towards the end of the review, the author asserts, "Thus does this new system of education in Russia induce the necessity of perpetual espionage in foreign countries." Plus ca change, plus c'est le meme chose.

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ELLIS [née Stickney], Sarah:

The Women of England, their Social Duties and Domestic Habits.

London and Paris, Fisher, Son, & Co. [no date] [1838] FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 120 mms., pp. [9], 10 - 342, 2 [adverts], original ribbed cloth, with image in gilt of Queen Victoria on front cover; some slight wear to binding, but a very good copy. Sarah Stickney (1799 - 1872), the daughter of the Quaker farmer and his first wife, Esther Richardson, married the widower William Ellis (1794–1872), Congregational minister, missionary, and author on 23 May 1837. After her marriage, she always used her married name for her publications. Of an edition published in 1839 in New York, the journal Biblical Repository and Classical Review, stated, "This book is doubtless in the very first class of its kind. The reputation of the author is established for beauty of style, good sense, and purity and elevation of sentiment." In her preface, Ellis claims that previous books about women's behaviour, duties, moral orientation, etc. have been addressed to ladies, "while that estimate class of females who might be more specifically denominated women, and who yet enjoy the privilege of liberal education, with exemption from the pecuniary necessities of labour, are almost wholly overlooked." Her book is intended for them.

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FOTHERGILL (John):

A Letter to a Friend in the Country, Relative to the Intended School, at Ackworth, in Yorkshire. The Second Edition, with Additions.

London: Printed and sold by James Phillips..., 1779. 8vo (in 4s), 211 x 133 mms., pp. 64, folding engraved frontispiece and two folding engraved plates at end, uncut in contemporary marbled wrappers (rubbed and faded), stitched as issued; some slight, short tears to plates not affecting plate area. SOLD WITH: An engraved medallion, 50 mms. in diameter, of Fothergill, struck in 1879, in commemoration of the centennial of Ackworth School, with Fothergeill's profile on the obverse and an image of the school on the reverse. Fothergill (1712 - 1780) the previous year; this edition has been expanded from the 48 pges of the 1778 edition to 64. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he wrote to him to describe the proposed school as "a school for a plain English education' for the sons and daughters of poor Friends." ODNB notes that the school is "Fothergill's most important monument." ESTC T1885 locates the following North American copies: Swarthmore, Harvard, Haverford, Library Company of Philadelphia, and Yale; there are two copies of the first edition, Harvard and McMaster.

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GIBBON (Edward). GROOM (Bernard):

The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon.

London: Macmillan…, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. xii, 198 [199 - 200 addenda], 4 pp. adverts, original cloth. Designed as a school text-book.

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GIBBON (Edward). JOYCE (Michael):

Edward Gibbon. Men and Books.

London: Longmans, 1953. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], 176, original cloth, fine copy in very slightly soiled dust-jacket.

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HACK (Maria):

Lectures at Home. Second Edition.

London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1841. 8vo, 170 x 103 mms., pp. xi [xii blank], 211 [212 colophon], engraved frontispiece of the Portland Vase, additional engraved title-page, full-page engraved plates ap pages 9, 77, 91, 167, 185, original cloth (soiled); edges dusty, slightly shaken in casing, but a fair to good copy, with the inscription "William Wallace Rooke/ January 17th/ 1843." on the recto of the engraved frontispiece. Maria Hack (née Barton, 1777 - 1844) was a prolific author of books for children. She published the above work, a history of glass and an introduction to optics, in 1834, as Lectures at Home. Discovery and Manufacture of Glass; Lenses and Mirrors; the Structure of the Eye. Copies of the 1834 edition located in BL, Bodleian, Wellcome, NLS, and St. Andrews; and there are several copies on the market. The only copy of the 1841 second edition, which appears not to have been reset from the first edition, is in the Bodleian. These figures are from online databases, but WorldCat states that there were "10 editions published between 1834 and 1841 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide."

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HAMILTON (Elizabeth):

Letters on Education. [AND]: Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education. Vol. II.

Bath, Printed by R. Cruttwell; for G. G. and J. Robinson..., 1801, 1802. FIRST EDITION of each volume. 8vo, pp. viii, 413 [414 blank]; [iv], iv, 455 [456 adverts], including half-title in volume 2, volume 1 bound in contemporary tree calf, rebacked, gilt spine, morocco label; title-page tape-marked at inner margin with outer margin re-inforced, inner margin pp. iii-iv reinforced; volume 2, original boards, uncut, with upper blank portion of half-title torn away, spine chipped, boards soiled. Hamilton's book was published in 1801 as a separate volume, and she added a second volume in 1802, slightly amending the title. Thereafter the work was published with the longer title and was published in three volumes in 1803, though without any new material added.

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HIGFORD (William):

Institutions: Or, Advice to His Grandson, In Three Parts. By William Higford, Esq. London: 1658.

[London]: [Reprinted by W. Bulmer and Co.] [1818]. 8vo, 184 x 111 mms., pp. [iv] v -xv [xvi], 104, attractively bound in later full calf, gilt border on covers, spine in blind and gilt in compartments, with vertical title, in gilt, all edges gilt; lower front joint slightly cracked, some additional rubbing of joints, but a very good copy,, with the armorial bookplate of Lieut. Geneeral Burr on the verso of the leaf opposite the title-page. Bulmerf's imprint appears on the lower margin of page 104. This work by William Higford (1580/81–1657) was first published in 1658 just after his death. "The recipient of this advice was John (b. 1627), son of Higford's son John (b. 1607), who married in 1626 Frances Scudamore (1608–1688) but predeceased his father. Higford clearly felt responsible for his grandson's upbringing. Institutions was reprinted in 1660, republished in 1666 as The Institution of a Gentleman in III Parts, and reprinted by Thomas Park in The Harleian Miscellany in 1812. The book draws on a wide-ranging classical knowledge to advise Higford's young grandson on such matters as preserving the estate, religion, education, how to act towards friends and servants, and drawing attention to the key virtues of justice, temperance, fortitude, and prudence" (ODNB). This reprint was commissioned by D. Burr and is dated 18 March 1818.

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JOHN (Christopher Samuel):

On Indian Civilization, or Report of a successful experiment, made during two years, on that subject, in fifteen Tamul, and five English native free schools : with proposals for establishing a separate liberal native school society, humbly submitted to the judgment and patronage of the governments of the honourable East-India company; of the respectable religious societies; and the generous and charitable public

London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington..., 1813. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 211 x 123 mms., pp. iv, recent boards, with paper label on front cover. A very good copy. Christopher Samuel John (1747 - 1813) sports a long string of prestigious associations and honours after his name on the title-page, but otherwise very little seems to be known about him. He was a skillec concholist, botanisst, and amateur astronomer. He asked the Church Missionary Society to send a missionary to India, Charles Theophilus Eward Rhenius (1790 - 1838), to work among the Tamils. This work appears to have been published after his death. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 20731.1.

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KNIPE (Rest):

A Course of Lectures: Containing Remarks upon the Government and Education of Children. Thoughts upon the Government and Education of Children, Thoughts upon the present Plan of Education, and An Essay upon Elocution. As read lately in many parts of England and Scotland. To which is added, A Sermon.

Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1783. 8vo, 202 x 128 mms., pp. 338, including half-title, contemporary calf, recently rebacked with old gilt spine and red morocco label laid down, facsimiles of pp. 19 - 22 inserted before defective leaves of those pages in text, and last leaf of subscribers in facsimile; text a little fingered and soiled, but a good copy. Who was Rest Knipe? He must have been known to dozens of people in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, because there are 32 pages of subscribers in the two editions of this book; but he seems to have escaped the attention of scholars. Perhaps the most obvious feature of his treatise is the almost completely secular character of the education he prescribes for children and his opposition to a classical education for most boys: "after a boy has been puzzling his poor brains, and been tortured with Latin for several years, it is ten to one, that, comparative speaking, he knows nothing; i. e nothing radical and to the bottom; nothing, in short, but what one year's apprenticeship will entirely efface." Walter Scott, presumably the father of the novelist and poet, was one of the subscribers. ESTC T121650 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, NLS; Harvard, McMaster, National Institute of Education, and Pennsylvania. The Aberdeen printing is a different setting, with pagination [6], 11-304, and probably takes precedence over the Edinburgh edition.

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Book number: 6966

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LE MAITRE DE CLAVILLE Charles Francois Nicholas):

Traite du vrai Merite de l'Homme, Considere dans Tous les Ages & dans toutes les conditions: avec des Principes d'Education propres a former les jeunes gens a la Vertu.

Paris, Chez Saugrain..., 1736. 12mo, pp. [vi], 542, contemporary sheepskin, morocco label; worn rubbed and dried, with leather missing from top and base of spine.

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Book number: 1617

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